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Residents and workers are a big show for PCR free tests at the SEHA Covid-19 Drive-Through Service Center at 6th Street, Musaffah in Abu Dhabi on June 17th, 2021. There is a huge demand for vaccinations and PCRs after the green pass restrictions. Victor Besa / The National. Reporter: Shireena Al Nowais for News

UAE records 2,223 new cases of Covid-19, in highest daily number of PCR tests
Dubai Police airlifted the European woman to Rashid Hospital after her health condition dramatically deteriorated. Courtesy: Dubai Police

Dubai Police fly woman to hospital after her health deteriorates

UAE Government
Experts have warned the numbers of children suffering from long Covid is on the rise. Courtesy: Getty Images

Number of children with long Covid-19 on the rise

Health
The 'Strawberry Moon' rises in the Dubai sky. EPA / ALI HAIDER

Last supermoon of the year brightens UAE skies

Science

Tourists visiting Abu Dhabi are 'not eligible for coronavirus vaccine'

UAE

Vaccinated UAE nationals can fly to Switzerland quarantine-free from June 26

UAE Government

'We're back': Dubai airport's Terminal 1 reopens after 15 months to handle summer surge

Transport
IN DEPTH
Emirati Speed Chess champion Salem Saleh on June 24th, 2021. Antonie Robertson / The National. Reporter: Georgia Tolley for National

UAE chess champion faces one of the biggest games of his life

UAE
A porter pushes a trolley through the streets of Deira on June 22st, 2021. Antonie Robertson / The National. Reporter: Sarwat Nasir for National

Dubai Police to replace street porter carts with 'Uber-style' pick-ups in anti-theft campaign

UAE
Tarryn Patel, a homeroom teacher from South Africa, attends to her grade 1 pupil at the Al-Mizhar American Academy after the government re-opens schools in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, in Dubai, UAE, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. Shruti Jain for The National

Private schools see higher teacher turnover from homesick staff - and strong demand from new arrivals

Education
Doctors attending Arab Health 2021 at Dubai World Trade Centre said booster shots were likely to offer long-term protection against Covid-19. Antonie Robertson / The National

Sinopharm vaccine plus one Pfizer booster shot offers 'very strong' Covid-19 protection

Health
Left, Hilton Al Ain in 1978 and right again in June, 2021. The hotel became a Radisson Blu in 2019. Francois Lochon / Getty Images; and Khushnum Bhandari / The National 

UAE then and now: Hilton, the hotel that brought air-conditioned luxury to the dunes of Al Ain

Heritage
Al Wasl Plaza is lit up on Wednesday night to mark 100 days until the event begins. Wam

Expo 2020 Dubai: 100 facts that tell the story of the world fair
A 500 Dirham bank note. Antonie Robertson/The National

UAE currency: This highly cultured Dh500 note is good to have - unless you want to pay for a taxi
Female students at the Khawla bint Al Azwar Military School under the patronage of the Sheikha Fatima, Mother of the Nation and Chairwoman of the General Women's Union. Wam

Sheikha Fatima launches Women, Peace and Security Centre of Excellence
Abu Dhabi, 23 June 2021: The Mohamed Bin Zayed Solar PV Complex, one of the largest solar PV plant in West Africa financed by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) and selected under ADFD-IRENA Project Facility, is now fully operational. The 50-megawatt (MW) project in Blitta, Togo will supply reliable, clean electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the country to receive a sustainable supply of clean energy. Photo: Abu Dhabi Fund for Development

Huge solar plant named after Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed opens in Africa
Visitors to Dubai Creek Harbour enjoy the sunset on the longest day of the year in Dubai on June 21st, 2021. Chris Whiteoak / The National. Reporter: N/A for News

Dubai on the longest day of the year - in pictures
Boys play football on Mitsamiouli beach in Comoros, in which Abu Dhabi Fund for Development has pledged to invest money for education and health care. Alamy

Abu Dhabi pledges Dh35m to help one of world’s poorest nations
Health professionals and medical industry manufacturers gather at the opening day of Arab Health 2021, at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Antonie Robertson / The National

Normal service resumes as Arab Health opens in Dubai
Pretoria, South Africa. AFP

Why are Covid-19 variants more dangerous than the original strain?
Coronavirus
British travellers will be able to visit Madeira after the UK updated its green list for travel. Alamy 

UK’s green watch list and double-vaccinated traveller plans explained

Europe
Representatives from the travel industry protest outside Parliament in London earlier this week. AFP

Complex, confusing, overcautious: Travel industry not on board with limited UK green list

Europe
Experts have warned the numbers of children suffering from long Covid is on the rise. Courtesy: Getty Images

Number of children with long Covid-19 on the rise

Health
Egypt's health ministry waived the PCR test requirement for vaccinated travellers visiting the country. Getty Images

Vaccinated travellers can now enter Egypt without a PCR test

Egypt
Expo 2020 Dubai
Mobility Pavilion at Expo2020 Dubai for a shorthand piece Expo Behind the Scenes

100 days to Expo 2020 Dubai: from design to reality and beyond

UAE
The newly unveiled Women's Pavilion, part of Expo 2020. Courtesy Cartier

Women’s Pavilion to shine a light on equality and empowerment at Expo 2020

Luxury
Al Wasl Plaza is lit up on Wednesday night to mark 100 days until the event begins. Wam

Expo 2020 Dubai: 100 facts that tell the story of the world fair

UAE
DUBAI, OCTOBER 01 2020: General view of the Sustainability Pavilion at night. (Photo by Dany Eid/Expo 2020)

Behind the scenes ahead of Expo 2020 Dubai

Beyond The Headlines
COURTS
A porter pushes a trolley through the streets of Deira on June 22st, 2021. Antonie Robertson / The National. Reporter: Sarwat Nasir for National

Dubai Police to replace street porter carts with 'Uber-style' pick-ups in anti-theft campaign

Man jailed for life after stabbing wife to death in Dubai murder he 'didn't regret'

Manager of chocolate factory in Dubai accused of seeking bribes from suppliers

Two accused of stabbing man in Al Quoz area

Expat divorce has radically changed since recent UAE legal overhaul, lawyers say
EDUCATION
Nanyang Technological University in Singapore was the highest-ranked university under 50 years old. Getty

Five UAE universities in THE's young university global rankings

Private schools see higher teacher turnover from homesick staff - and strong demand from new arrivals

UAE school headteachers hopeful of return to normal lessons by September 2021

Abu Dhabi eases Covid-19 rules for nurseries

UAE public schools to return to in-person classes for next academic year as majority of staff vaccinated
GOVERNMENT
Dubai Police airlifted the European woman to Rashid Hospital after her health condition dramatically deteriorated. Courtesy: Dubai Police

Dubai Police fly woman to hospital after her health deteriorates

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority warns of fake billing emails

'Criminal' Ebrahim Raisi must be investigated over 1988 massacre, says prominent barrister

Tourists visiting Abu Dhabi are 'not eligible for coronavirus vaccine'

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid visits Arab Health in Dubai - in pictures
ENVIRONMENT
It will be fair, cloudy and hot with a chance of rain in the UAE today. Pawan Singh / The National

UAE weather: fair, cloudy and hot with a chance of rain

Climate action 'at centre of the UAE's economic growth'

North Sea oilfield project set for approval despite UK’s green ambitions

Expo 2020 Dubai: take a walk in the park at the Singapore pavilion

Top tips for safe driving during the hot UAE summer
HEALTH
Residents and workers are a big show for PCR free tests at the SEHA Covid-19 Drive-Through Service Center at 6th Street, Musaffah in Abu Dhabi on June 17th, 2021. There is a huge demand for vaccinations and PCRs after the green pass restrictions. Victor Besa / The National. Reporter: Shireena Al Nowais for News

UAE records 2,223 new cases of Covid-19, in highest daily number of PCR tests

Number of children with long Covid-19 on the rise

Coronavirus: UAE records 2,161 new cases and two deaths

Dubai event hears how microchips inside us will record everything

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid visits Arab Health in Dubai - in pictures
TRANSPORT
Police issued a warning to the public after a string of accidents in Dubai this week. Courtesy: Dubai Police    

Dubai Police issue safety warning after seven injured in five crashes in two days

'We're back': Dubai airport's Terminal 1 reopens after 15 months to handle summer surge

Indian airlines say flight suspension from India to UAE to continue until July 6

Top tips for safe driving during the hot UAE summer

Former Emirates high-flier pursues her passion to land new role as a piano teacher
HERITAGE
A 500 Dirham bank note. Antonie Robertson/The National

UAE currency: This highly cultured Dh500 note is good to have - unless you want to pay for a taxi

Expo 2020 Dubai: take a walk in the park at the Singapore pavilion

UAE then and now: Hilton, the hotel that brought air-conditioned luxury to the dunes of Al Ain

Eid Al Adha 2021: when will the holiday begin in the UAE?

UAE currency: the disappearing Dh200 note that changed colours many times
SCIENCE
The 'Strawberry Moon' rises in the Dubai sky. EPA / ALI HAIDER

Last supermoon of the year brightens UAE skies

French astronaut shares images of Dubai from orbit - and hints at trip to Expo 2020

Construction of Dubai’s Dh500m Mars Science City to start next year

UAE set for spectacular pink sunset as supermoon forecast tonight

US and French astronauts complete ISS spacewalk to install solar panels
COMMENT
A dhow off Zanzibar. Arab seafarers named this part of the East African coast the ‘land of the Zanj’ and it was part of a trading network from Arabia to South and South-East Asia. Getty Images

The ancient word linking Oman, Thailand and aboriginal Australia

Foreigners built the NHS - and Britain, too

Afghanistan’s chances for a stable future are not looking good

Iran has one too many unresolved issues in the region

Why the UAE is tailoring its tech strategy around the young